PaymentMethod

A payment method is a standardized procedure for transferring the monetary amount for a purchase. Payment methods are characterized by the legal and technical structures used, and by the organization or group carrying out the transaction. The following legacy values should be accepted: \n\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByBankTransferInAdvance\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByInvoice\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#Cash\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#CheckInAdvance\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#COD\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DirectDebit\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#GoogleCheckout\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#PayPal\n* http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#PaySwarm\n\nStructured values, or UNCE payment means are recommended or for newer annotations.

Diagram

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Specializations of PaymentMethod

Class	Description
Credit Card	A card payment method of a particular brand or name. Used to mark up a particular payment method and/or the financial product/service that supplies the card account.\n\nCommonly used values:\n\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#AmericanExpress\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DinersClub\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#Discover\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#JCB\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#MasterCard\n http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#VISA
Payment Card	A payment method using a credit, debit, store or other card to associate the payment with an account.
Payment Service	A Service to transfer funds from a person or organization to a beneficiary person or organization.

Formalization for PaymentMethod

Property	Constraint
subClassOf	Intangible